Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago

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Mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill is next up in our Learn from The Best series where she shares her top tips for being the best possible opera singer.

Karen has performed with the world’s major symphony orchestras and opera companies including Scottish Opera, Royal Opera, Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera. She is also Interim Head of Vocal Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – watch her advice to students here.

You can find out more about studying Vocal Performance and Opera on our website: rcs.ac.uk/courses/vocal-performance-undergraduate